GNU bug report logs - #49405
Attribution for printed manual

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2021 19:59:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 49405-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 49405-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49405: Attribution for printed manual
Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2021 15:11:45 +0300

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2021 15:58:20 -0400
> 
> The printed version of the Emacs manual only lists a single author.
> Ref eg book-spine.texi "by", back.texi "About the Author", etc.
> The manual is the work of many people (according to the git log, rms has
> made one commit to it in the past 12 years).
> So I think it would be nice to at least get an "et al." in
> book-spine.texi and some mention of the existence of other contributors
> in back.texi.

Thanks, fixed.
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